We hope that you had a joyous and restful holiday season! As the spring semester begins we hope that you will take some time to review the long list of funding opportunities below that might impact your research or the research of others within your department. We are always here to help support, promote, and connect you with the valuable resources and opportunities that the Indiana CTSI provides. 

Wishing you a successful spring semester,

Melanie DeFord, Deputy Director and Assistant Vice President for Research
Jessica Brookshire, Notre Dame Co-Navigator of the Indiana CTSI
Prakash Nallathamby, Notre Dame Co-Navigator of the Indiana CTSI

Friday, February 28, 2024

Purdue University

You are invited to attend and submit abstracts for the first annual Indiana Nutrition for Health Research Showcase: From Cells, to Animals, to Humans to the World on Friday, February 28, at Purdue University. This event is sponsored by the Indiana CTSI.

The goal of the symposium is to showcase Indiana’s rich research resources applicable to nutrition science. We are interested in learning about how you leveraged research resources such as CTSI Service Cores, facilities, datasets, or other unique resources at your institution.

Call for Abstracts

Abstracts should be limited to no more than 300 words and may include either one table or figure. Abstracts are due by 11:59 p.m. on January 17, 2025. 

Submission Deadline: January 13, 2025

The Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute is requesting applications for K12 Early Career Investigator clinical – translational research proposals.

These awards are designed to provide promising early career faculty investigators the opportunity to be mentored in research-intensive, multi-disciplinary settings toward the goal of developing careers in clinical - translational research. Emphasis of the Indiana CTSI K12 Early Career Investigator Awards in Clinical - Translational Research are to move findings from basic laboratory and pre-clinical research toward the development of new treatment options or interventions or clinical trials to eventual dissemination or clinical implementation to studying population health outcomes and health metrics. The phases of translational research may not necessarily be linear and can jump steps depending on the research project and the starting point. The goal of the Indiana CTSI is to make awards at all of these stages. It is important that the clinical - translational research have clear applications to human disease and health outcomes.

For details and eligibility requirements, please see the links below for the full announcement and other supporting documents. Applicants should open and read all of the links under “Files for Investigators” before starting a submission.

Interested applicants are strongly encouraged to send their current CV to Patricia McGuire for eligibility pre-screening no later than December 6, 2024.

Contact: pcmcguir@iu.edu

Submission Deadline: January 23, 2025

Interested candidates must submit a current CV to Patricia McGuire emailed to pcmcguir@iu.edu for eligibility pre-screening before starting an application in WebCAMP. Ms. McGuire will provide you with the link to start an application in WebCAMP once you are pre-qualified to apply.

The Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CTSI) T32 Postdoctoral Training Awards, funded in part by NCATS, are designed to provide promising postdoctoral fellows with the opportunity to be mentored in research-intensive multi-disciplinary settings toward the goal of developing careers across the spectrum of translational research.

Emphasis of Indiana CTSI postdoctoral training awards in translational research are to move findings from basic laboratory and pre-clinical research (referred to as T1 research) toward the development of new treatment options or interventions or clinical trials (referred to as T2 research) to eventual dissemination or clinical implementation (referred to as T3 research) to studying population health outcomes and health metrics (referred to as T4 research). The phases of translational research may not necessarily be linear and can jump steps depending on the research project and the starting point. The goal of the Indiana CTSI is to make awards at all of these stages.

Funding for all postdoctoral training awards is for up to two years (with the 2nd year of funding contingent upon review and demonstration of satisfactory progress). Benefits include a stipend as well as health insurance and research training related expenses.

Contact: pcmcguir@iu.edu

Letter of Intent Deadline: Monday, February 24, 2025
Full Submission Deadline: Monday, March 24, 2025

A primary research-related activity of the Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases (CDMD)’s Pilot and Feasibility (P&F) program is to foster the development of new diabetes-related investigators and provide seed-support for innovative, high-risk projects.

Contact: jelmendo@iu.edu

Submission Deadline: February 27, 2025

The Postdoc Challenge offers postdoctoral researchers at Indiana University, IU School of Medicine, IUI, Purdue University, and the University of Notre Dame valuable proposal writing and reviewing experience in areas related to translational research through the use of one or more of the Indiana CTSI-designated core facilities at any of the partner universities. This is a competitive opportunity for a $5,000 award in the form of an expense account for use of core facility services. Funding is to be used only for services provided by the core facilities. Indiana CTSI-designated core facilities are listed on the CTSI website. (https://www.indianactsi.org/servicecores)

Applications to this program are limited to $5,000 and are of one (1) year duration.

Contact: tsors@purdue.edu

Submission Deadline: March 31, 2025

Population health research advances the promotion and protection of the health of communities and populations, emphasizing healthy lifestyles, social determinants of health, and health care equity, quality, and accessibility. To facilitate this approach, IU Research at Indiana University-Bloomington, in partnership with the Indiana Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) is accepting applications for the Translational Population Health Research Award program. Applications may focus on any aspect of population health, but meritorious projects should result in an external submission to NIH, NSF, DoD, USDA or comparable agency and ultimately lead to the improvement of population health outcomes.

Contact: jybe@iu.edu

Submission Deadline: March 31, 2025

The Indiana CTSI Pilot Funding program is intended to promote the use of technologies and expertise afforded by the Indiana CTSI Core Facilities available at all partner institutions. Successful proposals will demonstrate outstanding scientific merit that can be linked to generating extramural funding or novel intellectual property (IP). Success of the program will be viewed, in part, by the fostering of new funded grants or providing significant contributions to grant renewals. Therefore, proposals will be judged with equal measure on scientific merit and the likelihood of generating new IP or extramural grant support.

Contact: trnsldev@iu.edu

Submission Deadline: March 31, 2025

The goal of the Pre-Clinical Neuroimaging Research Pilot Study program is to facilitate the generation of new knowledge in the neurosciences through the development of funded research programs. This mechanism will provide seed-support up to $10,000 for innovative, high-risk animal imaging projects using the Bruker BioSpec 9.4T PET-MRI scanner using the IIBIS In-Vivo Imaging Core.

Contact: yucwu@iu.edu

Submission Deadline: Rolling submission

Research Project Development Teams (PDTs) are groups of experienced senior faculty located on each of the Indiana CTSI campuses who will connect you with resources, collaboration opportunities, and small (typically up to $15,000) awards for preliminary or additional data. Each PDT is designed around a common research theme.

There are biostatisticians and regulatory experts on each team, and other experts are added as needed when you meet with the team to discuss your application. You will have access to the expertise and knowledge you need all in one place.

Contact: tsajdyk@iu.edu

Submission Deadline: Rolling submission

The Indiana Department of Health’s Division of Trauma and Injury Prevention has been provided funding to support quality improvement projects and the ongoing development of the statewide trauma system. To aid in the implementation of trauma system projects, the Indiana Department of Health will fund the following strategies. Applicants must implement projects that target at least one strategy but can address multiple strategies if appropriate.

This request for application (RFA) is designed for all interested entities wishing to submit proposals for trauma system development under the core strategies outlined above. Funding decisions for all proposals submitted under this program will be made following a review process by the Indiana Trauma Care Commission (TCC) and IDOH.

Eligible applicants might include hospitals, hospital networks, first responder agencies, statewide organizations, and entities with previous experience leading quality improvement activities. An entity may submit more than one proposal.

Applicants will be allocated a set dollar amount based on the project scope and potential impact to address outlined strategies and improve Indiana’s trauma system.

Contact: indianatrauma@health.in.gov

Deadline for Routing to ORA: January 9, 2025
Deadline for Uploading ORA-approved Proposal: January 16, 2025

Deadline: January 16, 2025

Deadline: January 16, 2025

Deadline: January 29, 2025

Deadline: March 31, 2025

Letter of Intent Deadline: February 14, 2025
Full Submission Deadline: March 6, 2025

Rolling Submission

Rolling Submission

The Indiana CTSI has experts across a wide variety of fields and research areas of interest. Click the button below to have the latest research discoveries and developments making news and positively impacting health in Indiana delivered right to your inbox. 

The Indiana CTSI includes Indiana University, Purdue University, and the University of Notre Dame as the major academic partners along with a number of other institutions and entities in the state.

It is funded by a Clinical and Translational Sciences Award from the National Institutes of Health amounting to some $38 million for the current seven-year funding period of 2023-2030. This funding is supplemented by additional support from many other institutional and corporate partners.

Funding is provided to researchers by many mechanisms to promote translational and collaborative research among the partner institutions.

For more information, please visit: indianactsi.org

If you have any questions about Indiana CTSI grants, programs, or upcoming events please feel free to reach out to co-navigators Jessica Brookshire or Prakash Nallathamby.